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Three Wheel Motorcycle Carried The Magic Arctic Dr
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By: Xiangjun

The unbelievable departure.

On October 2nd, 2014, a unique motorcycle with a sidecar carried the three members of Lao Jis family, and the three of them was about to set off on the journey to fulfill their amazing arctic dream from Xishuangbanna in Yunnan, which is located at the border of China and Laos. Traveling around the world by motorcycle with a sidecar is outstanding, but the most unusual thing was the boy that was lying in the arms of Lao Jis wife, Xiaozhu.


The boys name is Simba, and he was two-year-and-half old on that day. While other babies were being taken care of inside warm homes, he was taken to the farthermost North Pole by his parents, who loves the outdoors, in a motorcycle while facing the sun, the rain, and the snow.


You must be crazy!Lao Ji, who had ten years of traveling experience, was nervous about taking his two years old son on a trip at the moment of departure. He could not help remembering how his friends jaw dropped when he shared the news.


He looked back to see his wife, Xiao Zhu, what will happen next is as unpredictable as the life we had, shall we march ahead courageously?At the same moment, lovely Simba nodded his head too, as if he understood the question. Just like this, he gassed the motorcycle, and all three of them left the country. Do not overthink, and we are already on the road, let us go forward.


The promised arctic dream.

A fantastic child has terrific parents. Simbas father has long hair and dark skin, and people call him Lao Ji, which means he often does extreme things. Ten years ago, when he was about to graduate from college, he said that he would hike to Tibet, swim in the Ganges River in India, smoke a cigarette on the peak of the Everest, and run naked on Mars. His schoolmates called him an idiot, but a month later, he, who had long hairs, hiked to Tibet from Golmud, Qinghai, with a cart.


Walking down the memory lane after ten years, over half of his dreams were accomplished, Lao Jis proudest thing was to meet his gorgeous wife Xiao Zhu during traveling. The moment he saw her, her big Bambis eyes attracted him. He pursued her romantically and sang Zhang Sans Song shamelessly. He asked her, girl, what is your dream about traveling?When he learned that she wanted to go to the South Pole and the North Pole, he said, Great! I want to go there too!


Two people whom both wanted to go to South and North Pole went through many things together, and they enjoyed their free world of two, which made them determined to be DINK. However, in the fall of 2011, a surprise arrived. A doctor congratulated them that a baby had been living inside of Xiaozhu for two months. Lao Jis mind was blown at that moment.


What should they do? They calculated that Xiaozhu must have got pregnant when they were traveling around Africa, and this strong life is a gift of heaven. They accepted the gift and named him Simba because they wish him to be as healthy and free as the Lion King and own a broad savannah.


Dad, I want to see a polar bear.

On May 2nd, 2012, Simba was born, but how to raise this baby? After much thinking, Lao Ji decided that since he was born into an outdoors family, then let him grow up freely in the wild.


Lao Ji could not forget when Simba was nine months old, and he carried Simba on his back when he peaked a small mountain on Thousand Islet Lake. Simba waved his hands when he saw the open lake water, and his eyes sparkled. He also could not forget that they took Simba, who was a year and half old, to white-water rafting at Irtysh River, Xinjiang when golden leaves fell on the ground and Simba said, swan,when the white swan flew away from the blue lake.


Children are the elves of nature, and nature can offer children energies beyond our imaginations. The best education is to let them see the world with their eyes and touch with their hands.


When Simba was two years old, they took him to Bohol Island, Philippine, to celebrate his two years old birthday. Simba was playing with his butt naked every day, and one day, with a picture book about polar bears in his hands, he asked his parents, Mom, Dad, where is the North Pole? I want to see polar bears.The unintentional child words trigger Lao Ji and Xiao Zhus love and dream.


Is there anything better than a family of three chasing their dreams together? So half a year later, they set off without hesitation.


The motivation to go forward.

They chose a motorcycle with a sidecar because it was cool, but there were also difficulties. The second day after they leave the country, they encountered a hundred kilometers long bad road condition on the way to Luang Prabang. The road was made with dirt and mud, there were countless little pits on the road, and it started to rain, which made journey especially bumpy.


This road is notorious among Southeast Asia, they watched the international bus passed them by, and Lao Ji could not help thinking it would be more comfortable and relaxed if they took cars. Before he could stop daydreaming, the international bus was trapped, and only left a two or three meters broad way, how could they pass? He had no choice but to gas the motorcycle and drove forward. Snap, they were trapped too.


Lao Ji worried his wife and child would suffer, he encouraged them to get off the motorcycle, but Xiao Zhu held Simba tightly and refused to leave, No! We will stay together!Then she looked down and told Simba gently, Simba, we are on a difficult road, and all three of us will face it as a family, all right?


Lao Ji was touched by his thoughtful wife and how Simba kept nodding his head. He backed the motorcycle and gassed it again, they barely slid through the narrow road and kept going forward. The way ahead would be long and filled with obstacles, but with his wife and son in the sidecar, everything could be overcome.


Dad is right behind you.

The thing that freaked Lao Ji out most was the boys ability to ravage. Simba sometimes was an angel, but sometimes was a demon. He broke countless things along the way, from remote-controls and glass cups in hotels to vases.


Poor Lao Ji had to apologize and pay for the items after his son. He would tell his son that the money he paid came from his lollipop allowance severely and indulgently. Xiao Zhu would say, Ah O! Then Simba could not eat any lollipop before 20 years old.However, the truth was that Lao Ji was proud of his sons wild personality, even encouraged him to have more wild attempts. He brought his son to kayak in the waves of Andaman Sea, climb the mountain pass of Georgia, which is 3,000 meters above sea levels. He was surprised by his son because Simba was still energetic after hiking in the cold wind for three hours.


When they were climbing on the most massive waterfall rock, Simba was a little bit afraid at first, and while going upward, Simba kept asking, Dad, are you behind me? Are you protecting me?


All Lao Ji could do was support Simba from behind, and encourage him to try again when he failed. He wanted to teach this naive child persistence through actions.


The best scenery on the road was people.

Meeting smiling faces along the way was as warm as having family around. In Laos, they met a Franch child who was traveling around the world with his parents, who were mountain bike riders. He and Simba were half a year old apart, and they talked in angel language that only God could understand, and they became friends very fast.


The Franch couple said that adults needed to travel, so were the children, and it was necessary to take babies to travel in Europe.


Lao Ji loved Kurdistan in the Middle East the most because there were mountains in three directions, there were layers of layers houses, just like the peach garden, but many catastrophes happened here. Every one of them was poor and ready to fight IS with a gun, but they were charming to Lao Ji and his family. One day Lao Ji was craving rice, and before they went to bed, a child in raincoat brought rice, which was made of sheep oil, even though it was raining, the locals saved the rice for them because it was expensive.


Besides the Sri Lanka Sea, they met around 20 Muslims who were gathering and play drums. Lao Ji worked up confidence and started to sing. Everyone was amazed by his rough singing voice, and they became friends instantly. They did not share the same language, but they bonded through music. They played drums together, the Muslims took Simba fishing beside the sea and served delicious foods.


During sunset on the beach, Lao Ji was sentimental while seeing this happiness without borders. Lao Ji remembered that ten years ago, he met strange road men when he was hiking towards Tibet, and they partied together. Ten years later, the reason why he could travel around the world was the warmth along the way, and now he would pass on this beauty and sentiment to his son.



The fairy tale world of hot air balloons.

The most wonderful thing was to see this beautiful world waked up slowly together side by side. In Turkey, their dream of riding a hot air balloon finally came true. They were in the air before dawn, and Simba was still sleeping in the arms of his mother. When he woke up, they were already flying in the sky, and dozens of colorful hot air balloons were flying in front of them, which was as magical as the fairy tale world. Simba, who just woke up, was stunned and kept saying fantastic.


At the same moment, the red sun was rising, and the light shed on the boys innocent face, all three of them witnessed golden rays spread on the ground side by side. Lao Ji and Xiao Zhu would always remember this goodliness, so would Simba.


The dream of polar bears.

In April 2015, after traveling through 12 countries, Lao Ji and his family finally arrived at the Kola Peninsula, which is inside the Arctic Circle. It was a different world, the sky and ground were both white, and when the night came, the dancing green and blue aurora flew in the sky.


During their times there, Simba was more excited than usual, as if he knew that his familys dream finally about to come true after 180 days. Every day, Lao Ji would drive a motorcycle with a sleigh with Simba on it and race on the firn and fish in the ice river, and rolling on snow. Lao Ji caught a cold due to the freezing weather, but Simba yell energetically, Dad, do it again.


Nevertheless, poor Lao Ji could not find one polar bear that Simba dreamed of in the Kola Peninsula. After searching for eight or nine days, the boy started to feel disappointed. Until one day, Simba, who was playing on the surface of a lake, saw a polar bear walked towards him from afar.


Simba was stunned, and both afraid and surprised, Mom, polar bear...Xiao Zhu, who was beside him, said, seems like it, why dont you try to shake his hands?


It was Simbas happiest afternoon along the whole way, he finally touched bears paws and even danced with the polar bear. He told everyone happily that the polar bear was white, fluffy, large, and tall. Dad, I finally saw a polar bear.


Lao Ji did not let Simba know that the polar bear was him to this day. To avoid Simba from being disappointed, he dressed in a polar bear suit. This straightforward hippie-traveler fulfilled his sons dream by disguising.


Lao Ji could not control his tears when he went back to the forest to change, and he felt like he finally had become a dad after doing this.

Reborn in Thousand Islet Lake.

Standing at the end of the journey, Lao Ji did not know how many of this journey his son could remember, but he believed that when Simba grows up, he will remember the laughs in front of Angkor Wat, being disobedient while rock climbing beside a waterfall in Thailand, and the surfing and party on Sri Lanka beach. All those memories will become Simbas treasure one day.


Parents grew up with their children along the way. After they arrived at the North Pole, Lao Ji thought he had become a more mature father and figured out what kind of life he wanted.


He wanted a more colorful life, so after they returned, they put down roots in Thousand Islet Lake where Simbas understanding of lake water was awakened here first, and now their new life would begin here.


They woke up in the morning with fog on the open lake and continuous mountain, and their daily life started when the lake water began to ripple. Simba sometimes would sit on the fore of Lao Jis ship and continued to play in the water or the mountains, and grow up happily.


For them, home is where all three of them are, and as long as they are together, they can go everywhere.


